There has been a lot of hidden yet vital activity happening behind the scenes at AABR. The major initiative has been the implementation of a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system, called SupporterHub. To make the system work there has been a review of our membership data base and our supporters e-list. The CRM will allow [...]
President's Perspective - Planning for Ecological Restoration Projects -Peter Dixon Giving for Guidance - AABR is raising funds to develop guidance materials for the ERIK project. Prickly Pear Treatment Pilot Study -Lyndal Sullivan and Marianne Bate Restoration of Lowland Subtropical Rainforest at Coramba Nature Reserve on the Orara River - Kris Grace-Hely Spanish Moss - [...]
Planning for Ecological Restoration Projects Peter Dixon- AABR president Those of us who do on ground bush regeneration, whether doing it as a volunteer (like me!) or as a professional; or work on producing Facilitated Natural Regeneration based restoration plans, strategies, surveys and the like are blessed that we can rely on years of practice [...]
By Lyndal Sullivan and Marianne Bate December 2024 Figure 1- Location Map of Red Hill prickly pear pilot study site, ‘Gleniston’ north-east of Mudgee. In December 2022 a small trial of herbicide treatment of Prickly Pear (Opuntia sp.) was undertaken in the Mudgee area. It pointed to the effectiveness of spraying with Fluroxypyr. [...]
By Kris Grace-Hely Ecological Restoration Strategies, Coffs Harbour NSW Coramba Nature Reserve At nine hectares, Coramba Nature Reserve is the largest intact remnant of Lowland Subtropical Rainforest on Floodplain in the southern Clarence Catchment. The Reserve is located west of Coffs Harbour on the NSW mid north coast, near the township of Coramba. [...]
Author: Todd Dudley, President, North East Bioregional Network The site in 2014 The St Helens Sports Complex is located on the outskirts of the town of St Helens, north east Tasmania. While it is primarily set aside for sporting activities, it has viable remnant patches of bushland within its environs. In 2014 the [...]
Spanish Moss living in Oak and Old Mans Beard, Savannah Photo L Brodie A study by STEP STEP is a community-based environmental organisation covering suburbs in northern Sydney from Ku-ring-gai and Hornsby local government areas and surrounding suburbs with a membership of over 550. Its primary aim is to work for the conservation [...]
Planning for restoration projects - Key steps and checklist This checklist has been developed to guide the planning of ecological restoration projects. It was prepared by the Australian Association of Bush Regenerators (AABR), drawing on the National Standards for the Practice of Ecological Restoration in Australia. More detail on each point can be found in [...]
NSW-ACT Branch to form in Feb 2025 After several enthusiastically attended online meetings and an AABR Fest discussion, a decision was made on 12/12/24 to progress the formation of the NSW-ACT Branch of AABR. If you are interested in sharing your thoughts about the branch and its activities, to inform the 2025 goals and terms [...]
Do you want to see more happening in relation to ecological restoration in Australia? If so, have you thought about nominating to go on the Board of the Australian Association of Bush Regenerators (AABR), or joining one of our many Working Groups? AABR Board members come from a broad range of backgrounds: including volunteer and [...]
